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5/2009
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Over and above all these features, the new remote functions offered by
BMW ConnectedDrive now enable rescue services the world over to determine
the precise location of the car and to lock and open the doors as required, once
the driver has authorised himself, again in the interest of extra convenience.
Always remaining exactly on course: Lane Change Warning,
Lane Departure Warning, Speed Limit Info.
Various driver assistance systems offered by BMW ConnectedDrive ensure
maximum supremacy and safety on the road. Lane Change Warning available
on the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo, for example, uses radar sensors at the
back of the car to monitor traffic conditions on the adjacent lanes and in the
driver’s blind angle. As soon as the driver sets the direction indicator, showing
that he plans to change lanes, while another vehicle is in the way, he will receive
a warning signal by an LED flashing on and off on the base of the exterior mirror
housing. He will also be warned by discreet but absolutely clear vibration on the
steering wheel that there is another vehicle in the vicinity.
Lane Departure Warning determines any unintentional departure from the
driver’s current lane. The system is made up of a camera fitted on the wind-
screen near the interior mirror, a control unit for comparing data, and a signal
actuator causing the steering wheel to vibrate, urging as the driver to correct the
steering. The camera monitors road marks on at least one side of the lane, as
well as their distance from the car and the edges of the road. It is even able to
look ahead about 50 metres or 165 feet and may also be used at night as soon
as the headlights are switched on.
In combination with the navigation system Professional the
BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo also offers optional Speed Limit Info informing
the driver at all times on the speed limit currently determined on the route he is
taking. The camera fitted near the interior mirror permanently monitors speed
signs at the side of the road as well as variable signs overhead an Autobahn
or motorway, comparing the data observed in this way with the data already
saved in the navigation system. The speed limit determined is then shown in the
instrument cluster.
As an option speed limit information may also be presented in the Head-Up
Display. This display system quite unique in its broad range of functions sup-
plies the driver with all relevant information pertaining to driving conditions by
numbers and symbols in his direct line of vision, information and warning signs
being projected on to the windscreen for optimum perception without the driver
being required in any way to take his eyes off the road.
| Categories | BMW 5-Series Manuals, BMW Manuals |
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| Tags | BMW 530d, BMW 535i, BMW 550i, BMW F07, BMW Gran Turismo, Brochure and Catalogue |
| Model Year | 2010 |
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